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... might give you an electrical shock. Do not handle the plug with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzene will damage the printer and the toner cartridge. They will damage the surface of the printer, never touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations below. Cleaning with wet hands - II Caution...
... might give you an electrical shock. Do not handle the plug with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzene will damage the printer and the toner cartridge. They will damage the surface of the printer, never touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations below. Cleaning with wet hands - II Caution...
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...additional memory 4-2 Lower tray unit (LT-5000) (Not available for HL-5130 4-4 Print server (NC-2100p) ...4-5 5 Routine maintenance ...5-1 Toner cartridge ...5-2 Toner Low message ...5-2 Toner Empty message ...5-3 Replacing the toner cartridge 5-3 Drum unit ...5-8 Change Drum message ...5-8 Replacing the drum ...for choosing your paper A-6 8 Appendix (For Europe and Other Countries B-1 Brother Numbers ...B-1 Important information: Regulations B-2 Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only B-2 International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement B-2 IEC 60825 specification (220 to 240 ...
...additional memory 4-2 Lower tray unit (LT-5000) (Not available for HL-5130 4-4 Print server (NC-2100p) ...4-5 5 Routine maintenance ...5-1 Toner cartridge ...5-2 Toner Low message ...5-2 Toner Empty message ...5-3 Replacing the toner cartridge 5-3 Drum unit ...5-8 Change Drum message ...5-8 Replacing the drum ...for choosing your paper A-6 8 Appendix (For Europe and Other Countries B-1 Brother Numbers ...B-1 Important information: Regulations B-2 Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only B-2 International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement B-2 IEC 60825 specification (220 to 240 ...
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... connect it to the USB connector of your PC. ■ Please make sure that you have all of the following parts. 1 1 Printer 2 Drum unit and toner cartridge assembly 3 Quick Setup Guide 4 CD-ROM 2 5 AC power cord Components may differ from one in the figure above, depending on which country the printer...
... connect it to the USB connector of your PC. ■ Please make sure that you have all of the following parts. 1 1 Printer 2 Drum unit and toner cartridge assembly 3 Quick Setup Guide 4 CD-ROM 2 5 AC power cord Components may differ from one in the figure above, depending on which country the printer...
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Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-10 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 12 A NO PAPER message is shown in the Status Monitor and indicated by the control panel LEDs until you put a sheet of paper in the printer driver. Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) The printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the manual feed tray. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Send the print data to the printer.
Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-10 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 12 A NO PAPER message is shown in the Status Monitor and indicated by the control panel LEDs until you put a sheet of paper in the printer driver. Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) The printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the manual feed tray. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Send the print data to the printer.
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Slide the paper guides to the printer. Hold the paper in the manual feed tray. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-18 4 Open the manual feed tray. Figure 1-20 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 18 A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put the paper in the manual feed tray until the printer automatically feeds the paper in for a short distance, and then let go of paper in this position until the front edge of the paper touches the paper feed roller. 3 Send the print data to fit the paper size. Figure 1-19 5 Using both hands put a sheet of the paper.
Slide the paper guides to the printer. Hold the paper in the manual feed tray. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-18 4 Open the manual feed tray. Figure 1-20 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 18 A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put the paper in the manual feed tray until the printer automatically feeds the paper in for a short distance, and then let go of paper in this position until the front edge of the paper touches the paper feed roller. 3 Send the print data to fit the paper size. Figure 1-19 5 Using both hands put a sheet of the paper.
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Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-30 4 Open the manual feed tray. A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put a sheet of paper in the manual feed tray. Figure 1-31 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 26 Slide the paper guides to the printer. 3 Send the print data to fit the envelope size.
Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-30 4 Open the manual feed tray. A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put a sheet of paper in the manual feed tray. Figure 1-31 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 26 Slide the paper guides to the printer. 3 Send the print data to fit the envelope size.
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Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-46 4 Open the manual feed tray. Slide the paper guides to the printer A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put the transparency in the manual feed tray until the printer automatically feeds it in the manual feed tray. 3 Send the print data to the transparency size. Figure 1-47 5 Using both hands put a transparency in for a short distance, and then let go of the transparency. 1 - 37 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Figure 1-48 Hold the transparency in this position until its front edge touches the paper feed roller.
Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-46 4 Open the manual feed tray. Slide the paper guides to the printer A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put the transparency in the manual feed tray until the printer automatically feeds it in the manual feed tray. 3 Send the print data to the transparency size. Figure 1-47 5 Using both hands put a transparency in for a short distance, and then let go of the transparency. 1 - 37 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Figure 1-48 Hold the transparency in this position until its front edge touches the paper feed roller.
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Figure 1-50 Figure 1-51 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 40 Figure 1-49 A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put a transparency in the MP tray. Toner Drum Paper Status 4 Open the MP tray and lower it gently. 2 Open the face-up output tray. 3 Send the print data to the printer.
Figure 1-50 Figure 1-51 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 40 Figure 1-49 A NO PAPER status is shown by the control panel LEDs until you put a transparency in the MP tray. Toner Drum Paper Status 4 Open the MP tray and lower it gently. 2 Open the face-up output tray. 3 Send the print data to the printer.
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.... ■ Paper Size ■ Multiple Page ■ Orientation ■ Copies ■ Media Type ■ Paper Source ■ Resolution ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Duplex Printing (Manual Duplex printing*1*2 / Duplex Printing with Duplex tray*5) ■ Water mark*1*2 ■ Job Spooling*1*2 ■ ...9632; True Type Mode*2*4 ■ Auto Detect*1*2 *1 These settings are not available with the BR-script driver.(HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) *2 These settings are not available with Brother Laser for Macintosh®. *3 These settings are not available with Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® ...
.... ■ Paper Size ■ Multiple Page ■ Orientation ■ Copies ■ Media Type ■ Paper Source ■ Resolution ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Duplex Printing (Manual Duplex printing*1*2 / Duplex Printing with Duplex tray*5) ■ Water mark*1*2 ■ Job Spooling*1*2 ■ ...9632; True Type Mode*2*4 ■ Auto Detect*1*2 *1 These settings are not available with the BR-script driver.(HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) *2 These settings are not available with Brother Laser for Macintosh®. *3 These settings are not available with Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® ...
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in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. 12 3 45 Change the tab settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Resolution You can access the Advanced tab by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex Printing 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the resolution as follows: ■ HQ 1200 ■ 600 dpi ■ 300 dpi DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4
in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. 12 3 45 Change the tab settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Resolution You can access the Advanced tab by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex Printing 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the resolution as follows: ■ HQ 1200 ■ 600 dpi ■ 300 dpi DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4
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... option, you can also specify the offset value of manual duplex binding directions are available for each orientation. ■ Duplex Tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) If you select the Duplex Tray button, the dialog box for the duplex settings appears. Duplex Printing ■ Manual Duplex If... the middle. Page Setting You can save mode, which reduces the print density. When you use text as a watermark, you like on the toner save running costs by selecting the Use system Halftone button and ticking the setting button. ■ Improve gray printing (For Windows NT® 4.0,...
... option, you can also specify the offset value of manual duplex binding directions are available for each orientation. ■ Duplex Tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) If you select the Duplex Tray button, the dialog box for the duplex settings appears. Duplex Printing ■ Manual Duplex If... the middle. Page Setting You can save mode, which reduces the print density. When you use text as a watermark, you like on the toner save running costs by selecting the Use system Halftone button and ticking the setting button. ■ Improve gray printing (For Windows NT® 4.0,...
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...or OFF. This will then let you make changes to the settings of the following functions: ■ Multiple Page ■ Duplex Printing ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for the Status Monitor is automatically adjusted to...buttons will save a page of time (timeout), it is off . Status Monitor This reports the printer status (any document. Macro (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) You can still receive data from your computer. If you keep Sleep mode on , go to stop the printer going into sleep ...
...or OFF. This will then let you make changes to the settings of the following functions: ■ Multiple Page ■ Duplex Printing ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for the Status Monitor is automatically adjusted to...buttons will save a page of time (timeout), it is off . Status Monitor This reports the printer status (any document. Macro (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) You can still receive data from your computer. If you keep Sleep mode on , go to stop the printer going into sleep ...
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...1 Select the Paper Size and Copy Count. 2 Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting. 3 You can change settings by turning on the Toner Save setting, which reduces the print density. To turn sleep mode off . DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 16 While the printer is in the Printer Features ...list: ■ Media Type ■ Toner Save ■ Sleep Time ■ BR-Script Level Toner Save You can save power. Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer. We recommend that you can ...
...1 Select the Paper Size and Copy Count. 2 Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting. 3 You can change settings by turning on the Toner Save setting, which reduces the print density. To turn sleep mode off . DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 16 While the printer is in the Printer Features ...list: ■ Media Type ■ Toner Save ■ Sleep Time ■ BR-Script Level Toner Save You can save power. Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer. We recommend that you can ...
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Specific settings Set the Media Type, Resolution, Toner Save, and other settings. Brother Laser driver PS driver You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer Features list: ■ Media Type ■ Resolution ■ Toner Save ■ Sleep Time (For PS driver only) Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: ■ 300 dpi ■ 600 dpi ■ HQ 1200 dpi DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 18
Specific settings Set the Media Type, Resolution, Toner Save, and other settings. Brother Laser driver PS driver You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer Features list: ■ Media Type ■ Resolution ■ Toner Save ■ Sleep Time (For PS driver only) Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: ■ 300 dpi ■ 600 dpi ■ HQ 1200 dpi DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 18
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... wake up the printer to the Advanced tab, select Device Options and then select Sleep Time. We recommend that you keep Sleep mode on the Toner Save setting, which reduces the print density. Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of your printer use. Sleep ...mode acts as though the printer was turned off . The default timeout is in the Sleep Time screen again. While the printer is 5 minutes. Toner Save You can save power. 2 - 19 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Sleep mode can be hidden by turning on to stop the printer going into sleep mode....
... wake up the printer to the Advanced tab, select Device Options and then select Sleep Time. We recommend that you keep Sleep mode on the Toner Save setting, which reduces the print density. Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of your printer use. Sleep ...mode acts as though the printer was turned off . The default timeout is in the Sleep Time screen again. While the printer is 5 minutes. Toner Save You can save power. 2 - 19 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Sleep mode can be hidden by turning on to stop the printer going into sleep mode....
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Figure 3-1 The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in Sleep mode, all the LEDs are off. LED is off or or LED is in this chapter. 3 Control panel This section refers to the four Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status) and the two control panel buttons (Job Cancel, Go) on or or LED is blinking When the power switch is off or the printer is on the control panel. CONTROL PANEL 3 - 1
Figure 3-1 The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in Sleep mode, all the LEDs are off. LED is off or or LED is in this chapter. 3 Control panel This section refers to the four Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status) and the two control panel buttons (Job Cancel, Go) on or or LED is blinking When the power switch is off or the printer is on the control panel. CONTROL PANEL 3 - 1
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LED Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-2 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-3 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-4 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-5 3 - 2 CONTROL PANEL Printer status Sleep mode The power switch is off or the printer is ready to print. Pressing the Go button wakes up the printer from the computer, processing data in Sleep mode. Ready to Ready mode. Warming up . Receiving data The printer is warming up The printer is either receiving data from Sleep mode to print The printer is in memory or printing the data.
LED Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-2 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-3 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-4 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-5 3 - 2 CONTROL PANEL Printer status Sleep mode The power switch is off or the printer is ready to print. Pressing the Go button wakes up the printer from the computer, processing data in Sleep mode. Ready to Ready mode. Warming up . Receiving data The printer is warming up The printer is either receiving data from Sleep mode to print The printer is in memory or printing the data.
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...obtain a new drum unit to print the remaining data. Toner empty Replace the toner cartridge with a new one . See Replacing the drum unit on for 2 seconds and off for when Toner Empty is on page 5-3. CONTROL PANEL 3 - 3 The Toner LED alternates turning on page 5-9. If the Status LED ... is near the end of life The drum unit is nearly empty. LED Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-6 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-7 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-8 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-9 Printer status Data remaining in memory Print data remains in the printer memory. The Drum LED...
...obtain a new drum unit to print the remaining data. Toner empty Replace the toner cartridge with a new one . See Replacing the drum unit on for 2 seconds and off for when Toner Empty is on page 5-3. CONTROL PANEL 3 - 3 The Toner LED alternates turning on page 5-9. If the Status LED ... is near the end of life The drum unit is nearly empty. LED Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-6 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-7 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-8 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-9 Printer status Data remaining in memory Print data remains in the printer memory. The Drum LED...
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...No paper Put paper in properly, and then press the Go button. Misfeed Put the paper back in the printer. No Duplex Tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) Install the Duplex tray into the printer. See Paper jams and how to the correct position. The paper size you use for Duplex...clear them on plain paper in Chapter 1. Face up Open (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN: When you can use the duplex printing function) Close the face-up output tray of the printer. 3 - 4 CONTROL PANEL LED Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-10 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-11 Printer status Paper jam Clear the...
...No paper Put paper in properly, and then press the Go button. Misfeed Put the paper back in the printer. No Duplex Tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) Install the Duplex tray into the printer. See Paper jams and how to the correct position. The paper size you use for Duplex...clear them on plain paper in Chapter 1. Face up Open (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN: When you can use the duplex printing function) Close the face-up output tray of the printer. 3 - 4 CONTROL PANEL LED Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-10 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-11 Printer status Paper jam Clear the...
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When you see the same service call indication after turning the printer back on, call your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-13 CONTROL PANEL 3 - 5 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-12 If you press the Go and the Job Cancel buttons together, the LEDs will show that a service call...
When you see the same service call indication after turning the printer back on, call your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-13 CONTROL PANEL 3 - 5 Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-12 If you press the Go and the Job Cancel buttons together, the LEDs will show that a service call...